Portland State (3-12) utilized the doubles point to secure the tight win after splitting the six singles matches with Creighton (8-4) at the three apiece.

Creighton senior Billy Paluch and freshman Jake Norman took the first doubles match on court one, 8-4. But the Vikings battled back to take the other two doubles matches on the other two courts to secure the first match point.

Paluch extended his all-time combined wins record at Creighton with a 6-1, 6-2 singles victory in the top spot to even the score at 1-1. PSU’s Wil Cochrane doubled up Norman 6-4, 6-4 on court three to put the Vikings back up 2-1 in the match.

CU freshman Aaron Chalstrom used three sets to knock off Abhinav Mishra of PSU 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to tie the match back up at 2-2. The Bluejay sophomore Quinn Dippel put CU up again 3-2 with a strong three-set comeback win over Viking Ian Risenhoover on court four, 3-6, 7-6, 7-6.

But Portland State swept the final two singles matches of the day that also went the distance on courts two and five to secure the 4-3 victory.

Creighton returns to action this Saturday when they host Chicago State for a non-conference battle at Hanscom.